Imran Khan asks supporters to prepare for 'Jail Bharo' movement

Pakistan TehreekeInsaf Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday instructed his workers and supporters to prepare for the Jail Bharo Tehreek fill the prison movement against the federal government for inflicting custodial torture on his party leaders and delay in announcing fresh general electionsThe ousted prime minister made these comments during his television address from his Zaman Park residence on SaturdayIt comes days after sedition cases were filed against his partys Senior VicePresident Fawad Chaudhry and former member of National Assembly Shandana GulzarI ask the people to get ready and wait for my call for jail bharo tehreek There will not be that much space in Pakistani jails to have them all Khan saidHe said that if the Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz PMLNled government and their handlers in the military establishment think that we will be frightened by harassment and custodial torture they are seriously mistakenWait for my callwhen I will give you the signal to fill jails I know the jails will choke as they dont have that much capacity the 70yearold cricketerturnedpolitician assertedChaudhry a close aide of Khan was arrested from his residence in Lahore last week in a predawn raid after a case was registered against him at Islamabads Kohsar Police Station on the complaint of the Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan for threatening the electoral bodys members and their familiesMeanwhile Gulzar who was elected from a reserved womens seat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was booked for inciting violence against constitutional institutions of the countryFawad Chaudhry was picked up from home at 3am What did Shandana Gulzar do that made her a terrorist As the court gives bail to Sheikh Rashid more cases are being filed against him Khan saidIn his fiery address the deposed prime minister said his party could have opted for a nationwide strikeInstead they will choose to fill the prisons instead in light of the fears that the countrys economy might deteriorate further he saidWe have two options Considering what they have been doing we could have gone for a wheeljam strike and demonstrations which is also a way and a democratic one Khan explainedBut since the state of the economy is so bad it will worsen Therefore I ask all my workers the Pakistani nation and everyone to prepare for the Jail Bharo movement he saidKhan lamented that Pakistan under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was heading towards the law of the jungle where might is rightAlso ReadPakistan says mosque bomber wore police uniformKhan said the plan of the imported government was to get him disqualified and then announce the dates for electionsWe dissolved governments in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces over two weeks but the incumbent rulers with the help of Election Commission of Pakistan are trying their best to delay the elections which have to be held under 90 days under the Constitution after dissolution of the assemblies The rulers fear that they will badly lose that is why they dont want polls now he saidKhan said there are 60 FIRs against him and once the incumbent government and its handlers make sure that he is sidelined disqualified in any case they will call the 12th player Nawaz Sharif from London to win the pollsKhan exhorted the judiciary to protect the rights of the peopleEvery Pakistani is looking up to the judiciary to protect their fundamental rights Save the country from becoming a banana republic and ensure rule of law he urgedThe PTI chief tore into Prime Minister Sharif for the countrys economic woes and the devaluation of the Pakistani rupee saying it will only lead to unprecedented inflation levelsPakistans central bank said on Friday that its foreign exchange reserves have dropped by 161 per cent to USD 309 billion at the end of the last fiscal week the lowest in nearly 10 yearsIn November last year Khan was forced to suspend his long march to Islamabad following an assassination attempt on himPreviously in May last year Khan abruptly called off the Azadi Rally moments after his party workers arrived at the federal capitalKhan who came to power in 2018 is the only Pakistani Prime Minister to be ousted in a noconfidence vote in Parliament in April 2022Since his ouster he has stepped up the ante on the ruling coalition to announce snap pollsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever